Matthew Poole and continuators on Zechariah 11:10

10 ¶ And I took my staff, even Beauty and cut it asunder, that I might break my covenant which I had made with all the people .

Which I gave that name to, which was the Beauty and Glory of them, the Covenant of God with all the blessings of it, his presence with them, his love to the[illegible: 1 letter] [illegible: 1 letter]nd his protection of them, and his blessing on them.

Signifie and declare that they had rejected God and his favour, and refused his Covenant, and that now God would hold it for null'd, and not obligatory to him.

This somewhat illustrates the staff Beauty, which while unbroken the Covenant between God, and the Jews was whole, and unbroken; and 'tis to be noted, Christ calls it his Covenant, for he was the Mediator of it, to bring us to God in duty, and holy walking, and to reconcile God to us in Mercy, and Grace, which is the most Beautiful, and sweetest object we can see.

Here again all the people that is the generality in distinction to the poor and meek, the little remnant with whom the Covenant stood firm, though the body of the Nation were rejected, and cast off, for God nor Christ have neither of them ever cast away his people, Rom. 11.1, 2. whom he foreknew.